Tuesday, December 7, 2021
A number of months ago one of my friends, Dan Brennan who
is an elder in the church I serve, and a faithful reader of my daily
"Leadership Thoughts," took it upon himself to edit my daily
devotional messages, and at an elders meeting, surprised me with a beautiful
hard cover copy of a year's worth of "Leadership Thoughts." The book
is over 900 pages-a lot longer than War and Peace or A Tale of Two Cities, and
while it will never be on the Best Seller list, I have the satisfaction of
knowing I have written my first book and at 80 who's counting?
Fast forward to last night, and once again to another
elder's meeting, and once again my friend Dan provided me with another
surprise. Prior to our meeting, he announced to me and our team of elders that
he had produced an Amazon Kindle edition of the book, The Home Run: Leadership
Lessons from the Coach, and it is now available online. With a kind and
flattering forward by Dan and containing even a bio of my years of ministry, I
now can tell my grandchildren that for the hefty price of 99 cents they can
purchase grandpa's book. Now the hard cover is a little pricier due to its
size-coffee table edition-and because it requires a weightlifter's arms to
hoist it into a reading position, and it will cost you over $ 20.00 but the
good news is that shipping is free.
Now if you are like me, frugal, or as Jean likes to
describe me, cheap- I prefer the cheaper version. And besides, who would want
to lug a seven-pound book with them while going on vacation? There are no
public appearances scheduled or well publicized book signings on the horizon,
(I am a 'homeboy') but if you want a free sneak preview of the first few
pages, you can do so by going to Amazon.com and clicking on The Home Run
Crenshaw.
Thanks Dan, and thanks to all of you who have taken time to
read my musings which began many years ago when I first e-mailed these daily
devotionals in 2002 when serving on the staff at Calvary Chapel, Fort
Lauderdale. You, the faithful readers of those devotionals, have been the
source of my inspiration and encouragement as well as my motivation for getting
up before sunrise each morning in an effort to communicate something
that would be helpful, and hopefully uplifting and encouraging.
Yours in faith and friendship
Tom
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